{"id":113165,"date":"2009-12-03T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021519673330908753.post-4696231558192310108"},"modified":"2009-12-03T08:53:38","modified_gmt":"2009-12-03T13:53:38","slug":"low-vitamin-d-levels-may-raise-heart-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/113165","title":{"rendered":"Low Vitamin D Levels May Raise Heart Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some men with low levels of vitamin D in their blood are at particularly high risk of developing heart disease and weakened bones that can lead to osteoporosis, researchers report.
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In a study of more than 1,000 men, those with low levels of both vitamin D and the sex hormone estrogen were at significantly increased risk of having cardiovascular disease, says study head Erin Michos, MD, a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins.
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“They were also at dramatically increased risk of osteopenia,” or bone loss that can lead to osteoporosis, she says.
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“Our results suggest that vitamin<\/a> D supplements, which are already prescribed to treat osteoporosis, may also be useful in preventing heart disease,” Michos tells WebMD.
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Men with low levels of vitamin D and testosterone, on the other hand, were not at heightened risk for heart disease or osteopenia.
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Role of Estrogen and Vitamin D<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>The new findings build on previous studies showing that low levels of vitamin D and estrogen, a sex hormone found in differing amounts in men and women, are independent risk factors for developing plaque-laden arteries and weakened bo<\/span><\/span>nes.<\/span><\/span> Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Some men with low levels of vitamin D in their blood are at particularly high risk of developing heart disease and weakened bones that can lead to osteoporosis, researchers report.In a study of more than 1,000 men, those with low levels of both vitamin D and the sex hormone estrogen were at significantly increased risk […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":967,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/967"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}